5-game winning streak

[Rocky Swishterson]

We are now at five games in the winning streak. When was the last time that happened? For once we're not sweating out being included in the Summit end-of-season tournament.

[ST_Lawson]

We are now at five games in the winning streak. When was the last time that happened? For once we're not sweating out being included in the Summit end-of-season tournament.

Of any kind, we had a 5-game win streak in 2015 when we opened the season winning @ #17 Wisconsin, vs Hannibal-LaGrange, vs UIC, @ EIU, and vs Trinity Christian.

Against D1 teams, it was 2012/2013 when we actually had a 9-game D1 win streak: @ South Dakota, @ Kansas City, @ EIU, vs SIU-E, vs UIC, vs Oakland, vs Fort Wayne, vs Savannah State, vs IUPUI. The next game was against Greenville, which we did win, but is not D1, then we won @ Omaha before finally dropping one against SDSU.

For this season though...

[wiu712]

Leathernecks Sweep Pioneers in weekend series.
From the Western Courier:
https://westerncourier.com/48025/sports ... nd-series/

[wiu712]

Current Summit League Standings:
North Dakota State 9-3
South Dakota 9-3
South Dakota State 6-2
Oral Roberts 8-4
North Dakota 7-7
Kansas City 5-5
Western Illinois 5-7
Denver 1-9
Omaha 0-10

[sealhall74]

Ben Pyle and company getting schooled by Gonzaga now on the ESPN2.

[wiu712]

Current Summit League Standings:
South Dakota 10-3
North Dakota State 10-4
South Dakota State 7-3
Oral Roberts 8-5
Kansas City 7-5
North Dakota 8-8
Western Illinois 5-7
Omaha 1-11
Denver 1-11

Sunday's South Dakota vs Oral Roberts Men's game has been cancelled. A USD staff member has tested positive, and out of an abundance of caution, the teams decided not to play.

[rocki]

Speaking of a winning streak and improving over last year, what happened to thebatofwesternhall? Wonder if they are choking on their predictions right about now?

[sealhall74]

If we sweep Oral Bob on the road this weekend, we will do something (7 consecutive conference Ws) that has not been done in a long time. How long, I dont know yet. Best run in the 2012-13 season stopped at 6 consecutive conference Ws.

Update: According to the record book, longest conference winning streak is 8 back in 1994-95 season. Sweep in Tulsa, 2 straight wins in Sioux Falls, rewrite the record book. The best acts in town always make their money on the road. No pressure, just have some fun.

[ST_Lawson]

Last win streaks of over 5 games:
2012-2013 - won 11 games in a row, 6 of them were conference games, 1 was non-DI (Greenville)
1998-1999 - won 7 games in a row, 6 of them were conference games
1997-1998 - won 9 games in a row, 6 of them were conference games, 1 was non-DI (Illinois College)
1994-1995 - won 8 games in a row, all 8 were conference games. The last win in the streak was the first round of the conference tournament and was followed up by a 3-OT loss to Valpo in the second round.

We also had conference win streaks of 7 games in '84-'85 and in '82-'83 (part of a 10-game overall win streak).

So, if we win our next conference game, we'll have tied a few streaks that have happened 3 times since the mid-'90s.
If we win both, the 7-win streak will be the best conference win streak since the mid-'90s.
If we win both, then our first round game in the conference tournament, that ties the 8-game streak from '94-'95.
If we win both, then our first two games in the conference tournament, then that would set the school record at 9-game conference win streak.